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                  <text>HENRY THYRET

&amp; WIFE JESSIE RAY THYRET .::: 166 Stanton St .

1867- 1947 .
George Thyret took over the old Ray
after the deRth of Jotn nay
homestead , ti'!at was just a story and a half frame cottage , built a new cement
block around it . He married

Jessie Ray . They had a son Al

Who married Daisy .

Henry Thyret was a contractor and built the home of Ollie Nix &amp; wife
Pearl no . 229

East side of Stanton , south of Bertie . It was a large two story

cement block home . built around 1907 . Henry and Jessie spit and she moved in with
her brother John Ray to a small cottage on N. S . of Murray , which later burnt .
ALBERT THYRET

married

Daisy . Their children two girls and 1 son ::

ViblÂ§tte Thyret Brenmer :: Cildren : Daissy : F rank : Harry .
2nd . husband : Al Hopley . both 'd eceased .
Harry Thyret : SINGLE : killed second world war .
Thyret St . nained in his honor .

â€¢

Thelma Thyret :Galbreth : Waterloo St .
1 son â€¢

. .-

The first home of all &amp; Daisy Thyret stood on the north side of bertie ST . No . 137 .
It was a two story brick home built by Al .

It was here that his three children

were born . Also also built a home on the east side of High St . no . l71,but did
not occupy it.They moved into their first home on Bertie around 1928 . By the

JiateL 30 ' s they had moved to the south side of Bertie No . 108 . It was just
west of Cracker's store that stood on the W. er . of High &amp; Bertie . This was
a one story cottage tfi'a.t'.:had been converted from a small store . After death
of her husband Daisy married a Mr .
Hardison .
Oliver Nicks and Pearl Thyret Nicks moved from block house to 73 Murray ST . N. S .
Here they started the Lillie White

a bleach comp . that Â·was popular in the

village . They moved again to the S . S. of Murray where they built a large frame
bllilding to house their large family and business , no . 108.

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